Check-protector



H. J. PLANT.

CHECK PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 12. 1917. RENEWED MAR. 12.1920- Patented Sept. 14, 1920.

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CHECK PROTECTOR. APPLICATION men IAN.12, I917. RENEWED MAR. 12.1920.

1,352, 691. Patented Sept. 14, 1920.

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umran stares- HENRY JIrLAnT, or ROCHESTER, NEW YORK; ASSIGHOR 'ro nnrrancnfo'rinox i "WRITER ooRPoRArmN, or RoonnsrER, NEW YORK, a co PoRArron.

. oHEoK-rRo'rnoTo Specification of Letters Patent. P2ttt3]![ll39d 1920.

Application filed January 12,1917, Serial no. 141.973. Renewed March 12, .1920. seriain 365.332.

To all whom it may concern;

- Be it known that I, HENRY J. a

' citizen of the United States, and resident of Rochester, in thegoounty of 'Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements 1n. Check-.

Protectors, of which the following is a speckfication. i

The present invention relates to check pro-,

tectors and more particularly to the type in;

which a limiting-line is 'stampedupon the 1 check for the purpose ofshowing an amount beyond which the check is not payable, and an objec't'ofthis invention is toprovid'e a construction whichmay be manufactured at a minimum cost and will be strong and durable in use. I

To these and otherends the invention consists of certain parts and combinations of parts all of which will be hereinafter de-. scribed, the novel features being pointed out In the drawings Figure 1 is a plan view of a check'protector constructed in accordance with thef present invention; 1

Fig. 2 is a section on the line-2-2, Fi 11;" Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-8, Fig. 2 Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4:4, Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a top view of the bottom of the casing with the ink roller mounted thereon; a 6 is a view of the under side of the pla'tenrarrying lever Fig. 7's a sectional view through a portion of a platen-carrying lever transversely.

of the platen;

Fig. 8 is a perspective-view of the'platen leversupporting frame; and

Fig. 9-is a detail sectional of .another embodiment of the-platen lever supporting frame.

Referring more particularly'to the draw I ings. 1 indicates a casing which is pressed upifrom apiece of sheet metal to provide aniopen bottoin the opening being closed by a. bottom plate2. This bottomplate is formed from sheet metal and has its forward edgebent back upon itselfat. 3 and thence upwardly at 4 at an angle conforming. to the front wall of the casing 1,-this upwardly-extending portion being formed with an opening or slot 5 which is adapted to receive a tongue .6;cut from-t he front wall 0f-- the casing l-and bent inwardly; as. shown in -Fig.2.; The rear edge of the bottom wall 2" amount in arabic numerals'l8o These nu-= merals may be formed by providing deprese has a portion bent inwardly at a I upwardly at 8, theupwardly-extending por I I 7 tion having the deflected 'endQ- and'being i provided with a boss 10-adaptedto spring into the opening 11 formed in the rear wall of the casingl. By this arrangement, the bottom 2 is held in place by the: projection 6 1 and the boss 10 and may be removedby in- 'troducing a finger in the nOtch' lQ-Iin the bottom edge ,ofthe rear wall over the rear-' wardly-turned'portion 7 to engage said portion, in. order to swing the bottom on the portion 3 as a pivot to disengage the-flange 4 with theprojection 6.

Within thecasing '1 a printing wheel-l arranged. This wheel isprefera'bly: hollow;

and comprises radial blades '13 connecting] 7 V the outer cylindrical partlc with a tubular hubpartl5. The periphery of the drum.

part is formed with projecting parallel lines of type 16 having preferably pockets in the.

having at one end thereof; a corresponding faces of the type, and each line representing; m words or otherw1se,'a' certain amount and sionsin a blackened, 1 smooth. enameled,?cy= I lindrical portion 17.0n the drum, with the depressions filled in with a white substance. The printing drum may be supported-"on a shaft 19 which extendsthrough the tubular portion 15'and is jo'urnaled at its ends in the f' held thereto by a'pin 20' passed through the sleeve or tubularportion 15 "and the shaft 19,

" side walls of the casing .1, thecylinder being 9O the sleeve 15 projecting beyond the endofthe drum portion 14: and abutting the inner-.11

face of'thecasing 1.

For the purpose of-tu-rning theprintingwheel. the shaft 19 may carry a thumb wheel? 21 preferably made of-hard rubber or other.

composition, and'having a screw car 5,22 em; a I bedded therein for. engagement wlth thereduced screw-threaded end 23 of the shaft 19.. an anular pocket 24 being provided about the'reduced screw-threaded portion 23in order that areduced zportion 25 on L the' g thumb-wheel 21 may be 'received'within the pocket to produce a bindingaction.against? theouter'wall of the pocket, "in order to pre-i vent the'free turning of the thumblwheel' on the shaft.

The top surface of the casing' l serves forsupporting the checl;,'and inorder that the latter may be engaged :with'the printing. 1 l0;

7 wheel the top wall is provided with a slot 26, through which any one line of the type on the printing wheel may .be exposed. This slot is enlarged at one end as at 2r, to expose the-numerals 18 on the end of the drum, the central numeral in the opening 7 indicating the line of type beneath the slot 26. r i

To the end that the check may be pressed through the opening 26 on to the printing wheel, a platen 28 is. employed, preferably in the form of a steel barhaving its operating face 29'roughened or serrated in any suitable manner as by a plurality of pin point projections. This platen is preferably carried by a lever 30 which, in this in stance, is in the form of a die casting and has the platen 29 embedded therein, said platen having transverse openings in which portions'31 of metal of the die casting flow when the die casting is molded about the platen. The lever 80 may have lugs 32 depending therefrom and mounted to turn on the ends of a rod 33 which is supported by two projections 34, forming the armsof a frame member arranged" within the casing 1. 4

In the embodiment shown Figs. 1 to 8,

the platen lever supporting frame is bent up from sheet material to provide,in addition to the two arms 34 a cross piece 60 with laterally-turned ends 61. from "the edges of whichthe arms 34 project through slots 0r openings in the casing, the arms being deflected at 62 above the top of the casing to retain the platen lever frame to the.

casing. In the embodiment shown inTI igQ 9, the arms-or pro ections 34 form arms of a U-shaped member or frame, the horizontal-orconnecting portion 60"of which is secured on the under side of thetop wall of the casing by rivets 36. A spring 37 is coiled about'the rod 33 and has one end 38 engaging one of the projections 34, while the other end 39 bears on the'under side of the platen carrying lever 30 to hold the lat ter in an elevated" position. To limit the upward swinging of the platen lever, the latter has one of its bearings 32 provided with a lateral projection 40 which is adapted to engage theshoulder 41 formed on one of the projections34.

To the end that the printing wheel will have a printing line centered with reference to the platen,'-the platen has a smooth portion 42 which cooperates with a pawl 43 and holds the latter in engagement with a centering wheel 44rwhich, in this instance, is cast in one piece with the printing wheel and at oneend of the latter said end in this instance'being inclosed by a wall 45. The centerlng pawl is preferably in the form of an arm pivoted at 46 in rear. of the printing wheel'on one of-the lateral endsi6l of the platen supporting frame, and having a pro-- jection 47 to cooperate with the centering wheel 44 and a projection 48.. which extends upwardly through the slot 26 'at one end of the printing line for engagement by the flat surface 42 on the end of the platen. A spring is coiled about the pivot 45 and has one arm 49 hearing on the pawl-43 and the other arm 50 bearing on the casing l. This spring tends normally to hold thegprojection 47 into engagement with theicentering wheel 44, but yields when the printing wheel is turned by the thumb wheel 21 to permit'the proper line to be presentedat the printing point. lVhen the platen'is depressed to engage such "printing line, the

portion 42 engages the projection'48 and causes the projection 47 to center the printing wheel before the platen engages the type, should such wheel not be properly centered. At-the-sametime, the printing wheel is held against accidental shifting during the engagement thereof by the platen.

The inking of the. printing wheel maybe effected by an inking roller 51 which turns loosely upon a shaft 52,'the latter being e215 crating in annular grooves 56 of the shaft 52 on which the inking roller'turns: -These spring arms are each preferably securedby providing an'opening 57 in each bracket 54 a and bending the wire of which the spring 7 arm is formed between. 1ts ends and; eXtending the bend through such opening, as at 5S, the other end 59 resting against "the bot "tom 1.

In using the device the thumb wheel'2l' is turned to bring the proper character on the indicating portion of the printingwheel in the center of the opening 27 after whichthe of the'casing 1, andthe handle or lever 30 check is placed face downward upon the top is depressed, thus forcing the'check' against the line of type at printing positions This produces the imprint of the printing line on the check and, at the'same time, the fibers ofthe paper are broken by the'pin points on ter-ing the pin pockets, so that the ink enters such'fibers and thus makes the removal of the imprinted matter diflicult.

The construction herein shown has'but" few partsiand' these are capable of being manufacturedcheaply. There are no delicate mechanismsliable to get out of order.

The-platencarrying lever is connected to'the casing in a novel and durable manner and a I simplified centering means has been provided. The inking roller is mounted in a simple and effective way and may be easily reached.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1 l. A check protector comprising a casing having a slot in its top wall and two slots in rear of said slot, a printing wheel mounted in the casing and having type thereon adapted to be exposed through the first mentioned slot, a frame arranged on the inside of the casing and having two arms projecting to the exterior of the casing through the two slots, and a lever pivoted to said arms and carrying a platen for cooperation with the printing wheel.

2. A check protector comprising a casing having a slot in its top wall and two slots in rear of said slot, a printing wheel mounted in the casing and having type thereon adapted to be exposed through the first named slot, a frame arranged on the inside of the casing and having. two arms extended through the second named slots, said arms having portions engaging the top surface of the casing to secure the frame in position, and a lever pivoted to said arms and carry ing a platen for cooperation with the printing wheel.

' 8. A check protector comprising acasing, having a slot in its top wall and two slots in rear of said slot, a printing wheel mounted in the casing and having type thereon adapted to be exposed through the first named slot, a frame arranged in said casing and having laterally-turned ends provided with arms extending upwardly through the two rear slots, and a lever pivoted to said arms and carrying a platen for cooperation with said printing wheel.

4:. An inking mechanism for printing machines comprising a casing in which the rinting mechanism is arranged, a removable wall for the casing having slotted standards provided with openings to one side of the slots, an inking roll having a shaft work. ing in the slots of the standards and two springs, each bent between its ends to provide two arms, one of which bears against the fixed part of the removable wall, and the gage the bottom edge of the casing andthence upwardly to interlock with a portion on the inner side of one wall of the casing, said bottom wall also having a spring tongue at its opposite edge bent inwardly to engage the bottom edge of the casing and thence upwardly to cooperate with the inner face of the oppositewall of the casing.

6. A check protector comprising a casing having a slot, a printing wheel having type adapted to be exposed through the slot, a centering wheel turning with the printing wheel, a centering pawl pivoted to one side of the vertical plane ofthe axis of the printing wheel and having two projections near its free end, one cooperating with the printing wheel and one extending toward the slot in the casing, and a platen for cooperation with the printing wheel and said last mentioned projection of the centering pawl.

7. A check protector comprising a casing having a forward slot and two rear slots, a printing wheel arranged in the casing and having type adapted to be exposed through the forward slot, a frame arranged within the casing and having two arms extended through the two rear slots, a platen carrying lever pivoted to the arms, and a centering pawl for the printing wheel mounted on said frame within the casing.

8. A check protector comprising a casing having a forward slot and two rear slots, a

printing wheel arranged in the casing and i having type adapted to be exposed through the forward slot, a frame arranged within the casing and having a central portion with two laterally-turned ends provided with arms extended through the two rear slots, a platen carrying lever pivoted to said arms, and a centering pawl for the printing wheel pivoted to one of the laterally-turned ends of the frame.

HENRY J. PLANT. 

